Privacy

General Information


The use of our pages is possible in a limited form without providing personal data. Insofar as personal data (for example name, address, date of birth or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages or forms, this is always done on a voluntary basis.

We point out that data transmission over the Internet (eg communication by e-mail) security gaps. Complete protection of data against access by third parties is not possible. We have taken technical and operational precautions to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

We only process the personal data that we receive from you voluntarily in the course of your visit to our pages or through your other information.


Hosting


Hosting provider: Worldsoft AG, Summelnweg 91, 8808 Pfäffikon SZ,Switzerland


General information & mandatory information


Note on the responsible party

The responsible party within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is:


IPK International World Tourism Marketing Consultants GmbH

Corneliusstraße 6

80469 Munich

Telephone number: +49 (0) 89 82 92 370

E-mail address: info@ipkinternational.com


Storage period


In the event that no specific storage periods are specified in this data protection declaration, we shall store your personal data, insofar as necessary, for the duration of the entire business relationship in accordance with the statutory retention periods and documentation obligations, or for as long as there is a justified interest in processing beyond this. Legally required retention periods may also result from civil or commercial law.


Legal basis for data processing


We process your data for the fulfillment of contractual obligations (Art 6 para 1b GDPR), in the context of your consent / registration (Art 6 para 1a GDPR) and, if necessary, for the fulfillment of legal obligations (Art 6 para 1c GDPR). Furthermore, we may process your data for the protection of legitimate interests (Art 6 para 1f GDPR) for advertising or market and opinion research, unless you have objected to such use in accordance with Art 21 GDPR. In case of your explicit consent for the transfer of personal data to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art 49 para 1a GDPR.


Rights concerned


Withdrawal of your consent to data processing / Right to object to data collection (Art 21) / Right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority / Right to data portability Access, rectification & erasure / Right to restriction of processing.

Among other things, you have the right to (i) verify whether and what personal data we hold about you and to obtain copies of such data, (ii) request the rectification, amendment or erasure of your personal data that is inaccurate or not processed in accordance with the law, (iii) request us to restrict the processing of your personal data, and (iv) in certain circumstances, object to the processing of your personal data or withdraw consent previously given for the processing, (v) request data portability, (vi) know the identity of third parties to whom your personal data is transferred, and (vii) lodge a complaint with the competent authority, which is the data protection authority responsible for the place of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the alleged breach.

For this purpose, as well as for any other questions you may have on the subject of personal data, you may contact us at any time at the above contact address.


Cookies & Server


Cookies

Our pages sometimes use so-called cookies. Cookies are small files that make it possible to store specific information related to the device on the user's access device (PC, smartphone or similar). Cookies do not cause any damage to your computer and do not contain viruses. On the one hand, they serve the user-friendliness of websites and thus the users (e.g. storage of login data). On the other hand, they are used to collect statistical data on website usage and to be able to analyze it for the purpose of improving the offer. Users can influence the use of cookies.

Most of the cookies we use are so-called "session cookies". They are automatically deleted after the end of your visit. Other cookies remain stored on your terminal device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on your next visit. You can configure your browser so that you are informed about the setting of cookies and only allow cookies in individual cases, exclude the acceptance of cookies for certain cases or in general and activate the automatic deletion of cookies when

closing the browser. If cookies are deactivated, the functionality of our pages may be limited.

If cookies from third-party providers or for analysis purposes are used, you will be informed about this in this privacy policy or separately and, if necessary, your consent will be requested.


The following cookies are present along with their respective storage duration:


PHPSESSID - Session - 2 hours

Vc - Statistics - 30 days

wsw-logger-session-id - Statistics & Session - 2 hours

wbs_wdiget_session - Session / Forms - 2 hours


Server log files

Our hosting provider automatically collects and stores information that your browser automatically transmits to us in so-called server log files. These are:


Browser type/ browser version

Operating system used

Referrer URL (the previously visited page)

Host name or anonymized IP address of the accessing computer

Time of the server request

IP address


This data cannot be assigned to specific persons. A combination of this data with other data sources is not made. We reserve the right to check this data retrospectively if we become aware of specific indications of illegal use.


Contact form, email, telephone, fax, chatbot


If you send us inquiries by email or other means, your information, including the contact data and file attachments you provide there, will be processed by us for the purpose of processing the inquiry and stored by us for 3 months in case of follow-up questions and then deleted, unless a contractual relationship arises from this or you request us to delete it beforehand or revoke your consent to storage. We also do not pass on this data without your consent.


Registration on the website


Insofar as personal data (for example name, address, date of birth or e-mail addresses) is collected on our pages or forms or you carry out a registration, this is always done on a voluntary basis.


The data entered electronically or physically in the course of contacting us or collected in the course of initiating or carrying out our business relationship will be used for the purposes of using the offer. These are usually about:


First and last name

E-mail address

Phone number

Other contact information


Social Media


Linkedin

The LinkedIn service of LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Wilton Place, Dublin 2, Ireland is integrated on our pages.


When you use the service, LinkedIn collects, among other things, your IP address and possibly other information in the form of cookies on your PC. This information is used to provide us, as the operator of the LinkedIn pages, with statistical information about the use of the LinkedIn page.

For more information, see: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=hb_ft_priv.


The data collected about you in this context will be processed by LinkedIn Inc. and may be transferred outside the EU. The data usage guidelines are available at the following link: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy


When you access a LinkedIn page, the IP address assigned to your terminal device is transmitted to LinkedIn. According to LinkedIn, this IP address is anonymized and deleted after 90 days.


If you are currently logged in to LinkedIn as a user, a cookie with your identifier is located on your end device. This enables LinkedIn to track that you have visited this page and how you have used it.


If you want to avoid this, you should log out of LinkedIn in advance or deactivate the "stay logged in" function as well as delete the cookies present on your device and restart your browser.


The data collected by this service may be transmitted to a third country (USA). Your express consent forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art 49 para 1 lit a in conjunction with Art 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets the standards of the EU. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art 45 GDPR) invalid.


You have the option to revoke your consent to data processing at any time.


For information on how to delete or manage information stored about you, please visit: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy


Google Maps


Our pages use the map service Google Maps. The provider is Google Inc, 600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. To use the functions of Google Maps, it is necessary to store your IP address. This information is usually transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. The provider of this site has no influence on this data transmission. If Google Maps is activated, Google may use Google Web Fonts for the purpose of uniform display of fonts. When calling up Google Maps, your browser loads the required web fonts into its browser cache in order to display texts and fonts correctly.


The use of Google Maps is in the interest of an appealing presentation of our online offers and an easy location of the places indicated by us on the website. This constitutes a legitimate interest within the meaning of Art. 6 (1) lit. f GDPR.

 

The data collected by this service is transmitted to a third country (USA). Your express consent also forms the legal basis for this data transfer in accordance with Art 49 para 1 lit a in conjunction with Art 6 para 1 lit a GDPR. Even before you gave your consent, we informed you that the USA does not currently have a level of data protection that meets the standards of the EU. For this reason, the European Court of Justice has declared the "Privacy Shield" (adequacy decision pursuant to Art 45 GDPR) invalid.


Data transfer to the USA is based on the standard contractual clauses of the EU Commission. Details can be found here: https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/ and https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprcontrollerterms/sccs/. 


More information on the handling of user data can be found in Google's privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=de.


E-commerce & payment providers


Processing of customer and contractual data

Within our company, those employees receive your data who need it to fulfill contractual, consented as well as legal obligations or legitimate interests. In addition, order processors, partner companies and partners commissioned by us receive your data if they require the data to fulfill their respective contractual services. All order processors and partners are contractually obligated to treat your data confidentially and to process it only within the agreed scope.


Some of the named recipients (e.g. partners, processors) may be located outside your country or the EU or process your personal data there. The level of data protection in other countries may not correspond to that of your country. For example, companies in the USA are obliged to disclose personal data to security authorities without data subjects being able to take legal action against them. We only transfer your personal data to such recipients for the purpose of fulfilling a contract. In the case of your express consent to data transfer to third countries, the data processing is also based on Art 49 para 1 lit a GDPR. If the data transfer is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract, your data will be processed based on Art 6 para 1 lit b GDPR.


If there is a legal or supervisory obligation, public bodies and institutions may be recipients of your personal data.


Data may be used to analyze or predict the behavior of users of our services. However, the data will not be used for any automated decision-making.